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Exhibitions
Group London Print Studio 'Journeys' March 2019 Jack House Gallery in Portsmouth 'Journeys' March 2019 New Kent Art Gallery,EnvironArt May 2018 The Royal Over-Seas House November 2018 Landmark Art Centre, Oct 2018 Garage Roasted Cafe, Canterbury, Nov 2018 Ink Paper + Print Margate Winter Gardens October 2018 Visitors Centre Dungeness Power Station 'Elemental' 2017 Evegate Gallery, Ashford 2017 Horsebridge Whitstable, Gallery 1, Whitstable 2017 Smallhythe Studio AVA Exhibition 'Beyond Words' 2016 Canterbury Society of Art Horsebridge Centre, Whitstable, 2016 SEOS High Halden 2016 Man Made Beaney House of Art and Knowledge, Canterbury. 2016 Twitterartexhibit, NewYork USA Trygve Lie Gallery 317 E 52nd St., New York, NY 10022 2016 Post Nude, Horsebridge Centre, Whitstable, 2015 Animal Magic: a celebration of birds, beasts and bugs!, Beaney House of Art and Knowledge, Canterbury. 2015 Twitterartexhibit, Moss Library, Norway 2015 Canterbury Society of Art, Canterbury 2014 Whitstable Art Society, Whitstable 2014 Horsebridge Centre Whitstable 2014 Fishslab Gallery Whitstable 2014 Bay Art Gallery, Herne Bay 2013 Whitstable Framers, 2013 Air Gallery London 1997 Selected Scarborough Art Gallery 2019 The Royal Over-Seas House November 2018 Here's Looking at You Beaney House of Art and Knowledge, Canterbury. 2017 Man Made Beaney House of Art and Knowledge, Canterbury. 2016 Animal Magic: a celebration of birds, beasts and bugs!, Beaney House of Art and Knowledge, Canterbury. 2015 Open Selection - Beach Creative, Herne Bay 2012 Collections Scarborough Art Gallery Education Christchurch University BA (Hons), PGCE 1998 Kent Institute of Art and Design 1995 Career Full time artist printmaker 2013 to present Art educator 1998 -2003 Memberships Ashford Visual Artists - Committee Member Printmakers Council |
My fascination with colour, shape and images stems from an early age. I loved the style of fashion illustrations of the late 1960's and 70's. At this time there was an abundance of illustrated advertisements and the colour and shape in these images captivated me. I would pour over these illustrations in teen magazines scrutinising how they had been drawn, and concentrating on these rather the other content in the magazine. I would try to reproduce them on any surface I could lay my hands on. The first image, shown above, is an advertisement inviting people to send their art work off to have it critiqued to see if they had the skills to pursue a creative career. I remember answering an advert very similar to the one shown, when I was still at school. I waited for the verdict and was sent the advise that although I showed some skills, a postal training course, which they offered for a fee, would go a long way to helping me achieve my goals. I did not take them up on their offer as I recognised that tuition of art by post would be difficult, but even at that age, I was keen to have an ongoing discussion about the work I produced.
As life progressed I concentrated more and more on art and completed a Bachelor of Arts Degree at Canterbury Christ Church University College, after attending Kent Institute of Art and Design. I became an art educator and shared my love of art with students in Kent. I am now working full-time on my passion and am spending my time making and exhibiting art throughout Kent and abroad selling my work in the UK and internationally. |
All Artwork © 2014 Wendy Murray. Protected by The Copyright Act and the provisions thereunder.